Ordinarily, when a consumer “views” content broadcast on television or streamed through the internet, such “viewing” does not constitute copyright infringement, even if broadcaster or owner of the internet streaming web site did not have a license to perform or distribute the copyrighted materials. However, if a consumer downloads (or uploads) a copy of a copyrighted video on his computer without permission to do so, and the consumer then views the video, the downloading and viewing constitute copyright infringement. You don’t infringe a copyright merely by looking at it. You must do more.